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All movies seen on 07/14/2016

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The Professional (1981)

Directed by Georges Lautner

Thriller | Comedy | Drama

Overview

French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N’Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he’s shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.

Length 108 minutes

Actors

Jean-Paul Belmondo | Robert Hossein | Elisabeth Margoni | Jean-Louis Richard | Jean Desailly | Michel Beaune | Cyrielle Clair | Pierre Vernier | Marie-Christine Descouard | Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu | Pierre Saintons | Gérard Darrieu | Sidiki Bakaba | Dani Kogan | Marc Lamole | Jacques Canselier | Bernard Marcellin | Jean-Claude Bouillaud | Claude-Bernard Perot | Yves Pignot | Cheik Doukouré | Serge Nubret | Guillaume Corea | André Weber | Pascal N'Zonzi | Baaron

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

A weird, lighthearted (at times downright stupid) spy thriller from France that, as it turns out, I’d seen before as a kid. This feels like a distant relative of the Roger Moore era James Bond films with it’s mix of cavalier protagonist, forced humor, casual sexism and racism, and reactionary, fatalistic right wing politics.

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